Behind the Life of Chris Gaines (1999)
Overview
To promote the release of his album Garth Brooks in... The Life of Chris Gaines, Garth Brooks appeared as Chris Gaines in a television "mockumentary," a version of VH1's seminal cable classic Behind the Music, featuring a totally made-up tale that just may be the greatest rock n' roll documentary ever made. This piece of art has everything that makes the story of being a rockstar fucking cool. It has childhood trauma, record label trauma, death, disfigurement, a plane crash, a car crash, sex addiction, redemption, a house fire, random unexplained commentary from Billy Joel, and more sex addiction.
Production Companies
Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
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| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 2.157 |
Directed By
Christopher Meindl
Michael McNamara
Crew
Mike Faher
Bruce Gillmer
Alan Ornesto
Al Centrella
Brit McBryar
Lynette Meyer
Lance Anderson
Mike Rinaldi
Lisa Sanderson
Mark Hendricks
Garth Brooks
T.J. Mahar
Eva Mazurs
Pete Rosenberg
Candida Conery
James Lytle
Todd Kleitsch
Brian Ferdman
O'Neil Hagaman
Mark Sadlek
Cheri Minns
Brian Anderson
George Moll
Anthony Lezno
Cyndi Owgang
Evan Greenspan
Ryan McCormick
Yoram Tal
Jill Fox
Jonathan Denbo
Sean Kelly
Bev Parker
Barbara Suckow
Ferne Cassel
Jill Higgins
Mark Knell
George Sheldon
Scott Harvey
Barry L. Hirsch
Alan Wertheimer
Mara Soucie
Michael McNamara
Jon Halloran
Arthur Armstrong
Jim Martin
Sherry Heidebrecht
Jon Small
Brian McNamara
Mike Stodden
Tami Katzoff
Mai-Ly Nguyen
Paul Gallagher
Parris Patton
Deborah Handelman
Tom Forrest
Kevin Roberts
Gerald Prezeau
Patrick Murphy
Christopher Meindl
Paul Crowder
Amy Goodfriend
Dana Huth
Brian Alexander
Tracy Greenwood
Robert Begley
James C. Mandelbaum
Barry Tyerman
Jon Ernst
Melissa Orndorff
Jennifer Saeta
Tommy Hilfiger
The Gatt
Henry Diltz
James Jackoway
David Lang
Dian Roberts
Christopher Meindl
Drew Thomas
Tom Zaleski
Richard Gray
Jennifer Bolin
Michael McNamara
Jill Modabber
TOP CAST
Garth Brooks
Chris Gaines
Brian Vaughn
Young Chris Gaines
Linda Ljoka
Roma Stihl
Anthony Meindl
Ryan Duffy
Tom Ballatore
Dan Lanier
Carolyn Seymour
Carolyn Johnns-Gaines
Don Was
Self
María Costa
Self
Light Rand
Tasha Simon
Melinda Newman
Self
Ninette Terhart
Jennifer Allgood
Joe Smith
Self
Billy Joel
Self
Ted Larkin
Officer Barry Sanders
Martin Joseph
Tommy Levitz
Mark Allan Staubach
Young Marc Obed
Thomas Voelpel
Older Marc Obed
Fred Reiser
Gene Gaines
Jim Forbes
Narrator (voice)
James Cooley
Young Chris Gaines
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